. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. giants fans are getting ready hoping the home field advantage will finally mean something. good afternoon, i am victoria campbell.

the giants are hoping for a better outcome after a tough loss yesterday. allie rasmus joins us with more as the team has come back before, allie? >> reporter: that's right, that is exactly why a lot of giants fans are feeling optimistic and we will have a chance to take on the cardinals again at at&t park and this morning many giants fans are already putting that 6- 4 loss behind them. they are trying to make a come back scoring four runs but it was not enough to come over the early leap. several giants fans pointed out they have a lot of faith in their team. >> we do. >> it was proven in the last go round and it will happen. last night was pretty heartbreaking but it was incredibly thrilling and i have nothing but good faith that we will get them today.

>> reporter: now weather the giants win or lose playoffs are a win for local businesses. the coffee shop enjoyed a pre- game rush yesterday and managers say they are preparing for another busy afternoon today. >> i think people are always happy in a good mood and they come out and have a great time. >> it's good for business. >> it's good for business and good for the city and good for everyone. >> reporter: they are 3 and 0 on the road and they are hoping the energy of the crowd and home field advantage would have translated into a win but the giants get another shot and they will play again 430 and you can watch that right here on -- play again at 4:30 and you can see that right here on ktvu channel 2 news. our coverage starts today at

4:30 following an earlier addition at 4:00. we have complete giants coverage on our website www.ktvu.com. click on the mlb tab and send us your photographs to www.ktvu.com and you may see them on the air. they hope the bay area will be among the cities considered for the 2016 super bowl. we are told the annual fall league meeting is going on today and tomorrow in chicago and an official in the city is being considered after tomorrow's full day session. they say san francisco will be the official host city even though the game would be played in santa clara. >> it would bring a lot of revenue in. it would be great for the local restaurants et cetera, bars hotels... >> the only time they hosted a

super bowl is at sanford stadium. once again he learned he had won a nobel prize. jeanine della vega is where the professor seems to be taking the news in stride. good afternoon jeanine. >> reporter: he is a visiting professor and just won the nobel prize for economic sciences and it could not come at a better time because he plans on becoming a proffer here in 20 -- professor at 2013. >> reporter: they awarded him the nobel prize for his work on market design. he received a call at 3:30 a.m. when he got the call and said

he had won. rob is considered a pioneer in matching theory. he was able to develop a program that matches physicians with hospitals that were compatible for them. he is also known for redesigning the market for people who want to donate kidney. >> so if you are healthy enough you could give a patient a kidney and that patient can give a kidney and they can make the exchange and was it they are good at. >> reporter: some are eager to take his classes. >> this is the first time i have seen somebody who won a nobel prize and i was eager to hear more about his research. >> rob shares the award with schaefer who will be splitting the 1.2 million dollars prize. when we asked him what he will be doing with the money he said

he is not sure but he might have it pay for a home when he moves here to the bay area. oakland homicide -- oakland homicide detectives are trying to figure out what happened just before 1:00 a.m. somebody fired at least ten times at close range. officers found the victim on the ground unresponsive and he died at the hospital a half hour later. they don't have any information on the shooter. and they are investigating another shooting which sent two people to the hospital overnight. it happened on 7th and filbert streets. he kept hitting cars and windows. the victim eventually ran into the apartment building. right now police are trying to figure out if there are multiple shooters.

that shooting happened on october 1st around the same time of night. in that incident four men got out of their car and opened fire. two people were rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. about 40 shell casings were found at that scene. a man and woman are found dead in contra costa. they found the victims on buchanan road near pittsburgh. the contra costa sheriff's office said the man was pronounced dead at the scene and woman died at the hospital. no arrests have been made. witness withs said they saw the getaway car leave the area but they have not released any information about that car. in election news, governor mitt romney and president barack obama are staying under the radar as they do final preparation. they will be taking questions from undecided voters taking place in new york. the campaign will give the

candidates more than an opportunity to connect with voters out see from the president, a forceful passionate energetic tone that demonstrates the choice we have in front of us. >> i think it is very close. the wind is at mitt romney's back and you can see it on the trail and in the data, but the country is evenly divided. >> but they have raised debates and she plans on following debates questions. you can watch it here on ktvu channel 2 news and you can stay tuned for reaction andnal site.$♪. >> both candidates are out on the campaign trail. they were sent to ohio which a battleground state and is a

frequent stop for the candidates. congressman paul ryan also attended his home state of wisconsin. the clock is ticking and if you have not registered to vote you can pick up an education and most offices and public libraries can be resident -- public libraries and you can register there as well. they are going to raise taxes starting tomorrow. brown's proposition 30 would increase california's sales tax rate by a quarter percent for the next four years and would also raise income tax for more than 50,000 per year.

>> to me what is important is here. >> you will hear what sheriff ross mirkarimi had to say about returning to work today. you will hear details from rosemary in a few minutes. and a bay area congresswoman arranged a tour of a food bank, we will have more. stay tuned. introducing the chase liquid reloadable card.

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. there he goes, an unbelievable death defying jump, felix bumgartner became the first skydiver to break the sound barrier when egoismped from 24 miles -- when he jumped from 24 miles above the earth. it took 2. 5 hours to get up there and 9 minutes to get down. >> when you travel at that speed, you don't feel the air at all with with the suit presserrized. >> he hopes to become a rescue helicopter pilot. sheriff ross mirkarimi is back on the job and we caught up with him as he arrived at city hall. he talked about a possible

recall. >> i always expected that may be the case. i hope what is important is moving forward. >> sheriff ross mirkarimi has not spoken to mayor ed lee but he is looking forward to doing so and mending fences. he also said he will talk about recusing himself for domestic violence cases and he will make sure there is no conflict of interest. police in san jose have made arrests in suspected arsons. they saw the woman start a fire in a garbage can friday night. investigators are questioning the suspect and checking for evidence which may link her to the arsons. things back to normal after police shut down part of the avenue this morning to investigate a suspicious

package around 7:30, officers cordoned off and evacuated a childcare center and rerouted muni buses. they checked the package and found it was not dangerous. >> we understand it is inn convene yen however we do this for public space and we hope peel will understand that. people are arguing for looser marijuana groups and they are challenging the schedule 1 classification for drugs and no accepted medical use. the u.s. court of appeals of columbia deed sowed -- decided

the case. according to a new report, 24 prison employees are suspected of smuggling phones to inmates were either fired or resigned in recent months. they were accused of smuggling the phones in exchange for cash. in one case he was caught with a phone that had a female picture -- a naked picture of a female. and with the food bank's ceo. she said the proposed food stamp plan proposed by paul ryan would he devastate programs of the people who are most vulnerable. today she shared her story. >> people don't know what is happening because a lot of us are embarrassed to talk about what we don't have and how life

beat us down and how we are clawing our way back up. >> reporter: alameda food bank helps one in 6 people, two thirds are seniors. we will hear arguments in a legal challenge to reduce green how the gas, they ruled it was unconstitutional. they violate and discrime nate against out of state businesses. the goal is to reduce green out emissions withen 13 years. transportation city officials are calling for

adding elevated bike pads between scott and baker streets. the san francisco coalition said more people would consider biking if there was separated bike lanes. they would cover most of the costs but if approved, dozens of parking spaces would be lost. lots of warm weather outside our door and that will continue, the warming trends will continue 4 to 8 degrees above what i saw we've god the good air qualitity. 72 santa rosa low 60s in oakland upper 60s in san francisco, 65 in mountain view, we have a mix of low cloud cover out there, partly cloudy skies along the coastline, partly cloudy skies just inside

the bay and we are seeing high clouds drift over and just this system will squeeze above the tail end so if you look up, that is what it is. our temperatures will continue to warm. the businesser spike, they are looking for the hottest days of the week. we have partly cloudy skies temperatures will be rolling back to the lower 60s and breezy conditions are expected for the second half of the day. sun is setting at about 6:30 these days it is going to be a gorgeous day, alameda is looking good 72, 76 in caster

valley, 81 in pittsburgh, danville 81, 78 san jose. 76 for santa clara, along the peninsular 80, 73 for palo alto, 69 in downtown san francisco, mid-60s in half-moon pacific can and again, wednesday thursday we will begin the that where height and fire danger could be forecast for our hills as well. >> it tends to be a swing month where you can go hot to cold. >> we will be back and forth for the first half. >> thank you rosemary. well, good news for people who like to fish or go boating.

after be closed for a year, they were closed while workingers added 40 fit. the new march arena has -- marina has welcomed fresh landscaping. the new area begins april 20th. the public commission added it because the 408 area code is expected to run out of numbers early next year. they will have 669 area code and if you have a 408 area code it will not change but you will need to dial 1-408 to each area code. the mint peninsular district,

it can be taken down or they will seal the building up. advocates are hoping they will seal the building up while money is raised to preserve it. still impacting a major wireless phone company and you will hear whether americans are in more of a mood to go shopping.

. stocks are up and they rose broadly after citigroup reported large earnings. nasdaq is up 14 and s&p 500 is up 9. the number 3 wireless company in the u.s. could be getting a big financial boost. japan's soft bank mobile operator has agreed to pay $40 billion for split nextel. it would be the highest price any japanese company has paid in an overseas take over. just out this morning, the government reported much better retail sales numbers. the commerce department says it jumped 1.1% and sales rose in every department except department stores. cars were especially strong.

july and august numbers were upward and august had the fastest rate of increase in almost two years at 1.2%. we are just over two weeks away from halloween and real estate named san francisco as the best city for trick or treating. they ranked san francisco number one for the second straight week. san jose is ranked at number 5. they are using their home value index a city's walk score local crime and san francisco neighborhood to trick or treat in is heights. a trapped baby deer is safe thanks to firefighters. they were recalled after a deer is spotted in a cannal. they tried to grab the deer after the deer resisted. the deer got tired and was able to be rescued and is now

released back to the wild. they will have an early addition of ktvu channel 2 news. you may have heard about a port official spending more than $1,000 at a strip club but it doesn't stop there. they uncovered more about questionable expenses by port officials. thank you for joining us. we'll see you next time and we are always here for you on www.ktvu.com and ktvu mobile.com. lots of prepaid cards come pre-filled with problems.

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